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 obtained as his share of property the estate of Bilahra, which in course of time was conveyed to Raja Ibad Ali Khan, who died in 1870 and was succeeded by his son Raja Muhammad Kazim Husain Khan, who again left it to the present holder; the estate comprises of 43 villages and 7 pattis in Sitapur, 37 villages, 8 mahals and 3 pattis in Bara Banki and one mahal in Lucknow, paying a revenue of Rs. 185; title of Raja was made hereditary in 1877. Address: Paintepur, Sitapur, Bilahra, Bara Banki, U.P.  Acharji, Satis Chandra, M.A., Ph.D., Mahamahopadhyaya, Principal, Government Sanskrit College, Calcutta; otherwise known as Satis Chandra Vidyabhushan; born, 1870; graduated at the Calcutta University being the first to obtain the University Gold Medal for Pali at the M.A. examination; deputed by Governnient to co-operate in the compilation of the Tibetan Sanskrit English Dictionary, 1897; deputed to accompany the Tashi Lama on his tour in India 1905; on deputation in Ceylon and Benares, studying the methods of imparting Buddhist learning. 1909-1910; great Oriental Scholar; has served in the Presidency College, Calcutta; Author and Editor of many valuable works in Sanskrit, Tibetan, Pali, Bengali and English. The Calcutta University has conferred the degree of Doctor of Philosophy on him in recognition of his original researches in the field of Jaina and Buddhist logic; Mahamahopadhyaya, 1906. Address: Calcutta.  Adami, Leonard Christian, I.C.S., Member of the Legislative Council, Bihar and Orissa. 1913. Address: Bankipur.  Adamji Peerbhai Rafiuddin, born at Doragi, 1846; came over to Bombay in his 17th year and there became a Government Contractor; started an industry in tanning; supplies boots and leather to the Madras and Bombay Commands; has endowed many charities, one of them being in Mecca: was Sheriff for the city of Bombay (1897-98); is the owner of a mill at Tardeo near Bombay; has projected the May Teheran Branch Railway, the only Railway undertaking in India projected by an Indian without any guarantee either from the Government or from the principal railway Companies. Address: Bombay.  Adinarayana Ayya, M., Diwan Bahadur; born, 1867; entered Government service in the office of the Revenue Board, Madras, 1867; became Registrar, then Assistant Commissioner and finally Deputy Commissioner, Settlement Department, in which capacity he retired in March 1902; is actively connected with all Indian public movements, his zeal for Social Reform and industrial regeneration of India being well known. Owns landed property in Madras and Chingleput; till recently he was one of the nominated members in the Madras Legislative Council. Address: Tondiarpett, Madras.  Aga Khan, His Highness Aga Sulthan Mohammad Shah, G.C.I.E.; born, 1875; son of the late Aga Khan, one of the claimants to the throne of Persia; claims descent in direct line from Ali, the first Iman of the Shiah sect of Mohammedans; his ancestors were rulers of Egypt for many centuries. The British Government offered an asylum to his father and granted to him a pension of Rs. 10,000 a month, which m Rh